How investment property and shares differ on entry costs, liquidity, borrowing, income and effort, with a worked example and questions to work through.
Warning signs in the listing, the building, the contract, strata, the location and the numbers, grouped by where they show up, with what to ask and who to ask.
Body Corporate and Strata Fees: What Actually Sets Yours
There is no useful average for strata fees: they are set building by building. What sets the levy, a worked example, and where to find the real figure.
How Much Deposit Do You Need for an Investment Property?
There is no set minimum deposit for an investment property. See a worked example at two LVRs, what LMI is, and what to check before you rely on any figure.
There is no best-suburb list worth trusting for your purchase. A step-by-step method to research an area yourself, with dated evidence and a checklist.
Stamp duty depends on your state, the price and how you will use the property. How it is calculated, a worked example, and every state's official source.
A due diligence checklist for an investment property: your finances, the property, location, documents and the offer, in the order you work through them.
No listed price does not mean no answer. How to read a price guide, build a range from recent sales of similar properties, and when to get a valuation.
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